Roan Plateau
The Roan Plateau is the most biologically rich landscape in Colorado outside of a National Park. Instantly recognizable to anyone who has driven I-70 between New Castle and Grand Junction, the Roan Plateau towers 3,000 feet above the Colorado River — a visually stunning, undeveloped island of public land surrounded by intense gas drilling activity.
Hidden Secion
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Wilderness
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has identified more than 20,000 acres of wilderness-quality lands atop the Roan Plateau that provide outstanding opportunities for solitude and backcountry recreation such as hiking, horseback riding, photography, wildlife viewing, wildflower study, camping and sightseeing.
Wildlife
With tens of thousands of acres of remote roadless land, the Roan provides habitat for some of the country’s largest mule deer and elk herds, bears and mountain lions. Deer and elk travel to the top of the plateau during the summer and head to the base for forage in winter. Genetically pure Colorado River Cutthroat trout are found in the pristine streams atop the Roan.
Water
The top of the Roan Plateau is bisected by streams that are recognized and protected by the State as Outstanding Waters: Trapper Creek, Northwater Creek and the East Middle Fork. In 2024, we secured an additional Outstanding Waters designation for the East Fork of Parachute Creek.
If You Visit
You’ll be astonished by the sky islands of dense aspen forest in sandstone cliffs as you drive along the scenic Anvil Points Road. These outcroppings are a geologic marvel barely noticeable from the well-traveled highway corridor below.
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